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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Campos

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/12/2007

HB

SHORT TITLE 21

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Century Community Learning Centers

SB 972

ANALYST Aguilar

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$3,000.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates HB-870 and SB-694

Relates to SB-150, HB-1057; SB-974

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 972 appropriates $3 million from the general fund to the Public Education

Department to continue and maintain the quality of after-school programs of the twenty-first

century community learning centers program.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $3 million contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert

to the general fund.

The LFC remains concerned with funding initiatives outside of the funding formula as it tends to

disequalize school funding and diverts funding away from core educational needs.

Senate Bill 972 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

PED notes that the federal 21

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CCLC program supports the creation of community learning

centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities for children, particularly students who

attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The programs help students meet state and

local student standards in core academic subjects such as reading and math; offers students a

broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and

offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children. There are

currently 29 funded programs in New Mexico. There are 19 programs in their fourth year of

federal funding and 10 programs in their third year of federal funding.

21

st

Century grants are awarded for five years. Projects receive a 20% reduction in funding in

year four and a 40% reduction in year five. At the conclusion of the fifth year of funding,

grantees must find or identify new sources of funding to continue their program. The

appropriation, if passed, would supplement federal 21

st

Century funding statewide up to or near

the requested levels for all funded programs as reflected in their applications.

Federal funding for 21

st

Century grants is temporary; the programs are expected to become self-

sufficient after a five-year period. There are no state-funded 21

st

Century Community Learning

Center programs.

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